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The Bank of Canada lowered the prime lending rate this past week, in a move that garnered very little attention in the media. For the better part of a generation, interest rates have been low, so a move from almost zero, to a little closer to zero raises few eyebrows. As my livelihood is closely and visibly tied to people’s willingness to spend borrowed money, I notice these things. It is easy to take cheap money for granted, but it... View Article

On my commute from work one day last month, I caught the tail end of a story on CFRB about a recently deceased gentleman who left the majority of his life’s fortune to those who provided for his care in his final days – in this case, the local hospital. The public interest component of the story is not so much the amount of the fortune, but rather assumption of the local town folk in Brattleboro Vermont that Mr. Read... View Article

My first job in real estate, had nothing to do with listing or selling houses-rather I was the eight year old office cleaner at my fathers small brokerage; Herb Neumann Real Estate. His office at the time was located on the corner of Woolwich and Cardigan street, in an old house that sat on what is now an empty parking lot. Early on Saturday mornings I would come into the office, vacuum, dust and empty the trash cans of all... View Article

The local real estate market, by any measure, has been on a strong bull run for well over a decade now. Not surprisingly, some people might begin to worry about the security of their real estate investments, and those of us on the front lines of selling those investments ( for the purposes of this article – all forms of real estate) ought to be confident that the product we are helping our clients acquire are indeed good investments. Nobody... View Article

Lost in the hustle and bustle of another busy May selling season, was news that could reshape the future development of the City of Guelph. A May 14th article in the Guelph Mercury sheds light on a hoped for change in the development priority of lands yet undeveloped within the city boundary. The city’s official plan speaks to the order of development of these lands. Referring to the official plan, allows developers, home builders, land owners etc… plan... View Article

Next month marks our 7th anniversary in what I can no longer call our ‘new’ office. The decision to move out of the downtown core was not one rooted in a dislike of Guelph’s downtown- to the contrary I rather miss it at times. What I do not miss, is the parking. Parking, was in my view, an impediment to our growth, and an ongoing inconvenience to both my clients ( the agents ) and their clients alike. That,... View Article

Salespeople, at least good ones, have always been thought of as good talkers – at least by non sales people. A person blessed (or cursed) with the ‘gift of the gab’ – is often stereotyped as someone that ought to consider a career in sales. Yet, salespeople generally talk themselves out of more sales than they may realize. Last week, on what was to date the hottest day of the year, I was scheduled to participate in a golf outing.... View Article

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